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Entada gigas (L.)Fawc. & Rendle

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Entada Adans.

Entada gigas (L.)Fawc. & Rendle [Preferred name]
    Entada gigalobium DC. {Synonym}
    Entada planoseminata (De Wild.)G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique {Synonym}
    Entada scandens (L.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Entada umbonata (De Wild.)G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique {Synonym}
    Mimosa gigas L. {Synonym}
    Mimosa scandens L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cacoon [1056]; Cacorne [2157]; Caracol [2157]; Chocho [2157]; Habilla [2304]; Liane Cacorne [2157]; Samo [2157]; Sea Heart [3129]; Water Vine [2157]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [11]; Gabon (N) [104]; Ghana (N) [8]; Liberia (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [8]; Sudan (N) [8]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [8]; Zambia (N) [6]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (N) [2157]; Haiti (N) [2157]; Jamaica (N) [1056]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242]; Costa Rica (N) [1658]; Guatemala (N) [2233]; Mexico(South East) (N) [2304]; Nicaragua (N) [2233, 3348]; Panama (N) [1604]
  South America
Colombia (N) [1]; Ecuador (N) [1229]; French Guiana (N) [1408]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [104];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [1];
    Zambezian forest [6];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 1056, 1604, 2157, 3348] ; Illustration [2157, 3129, 3132]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1999 Bisby FA

  
USES:
  Miscellaneous [32]

  
NOTES:
  Reported from beaches in the Netherlands - as drift seed or shipping refuse. [3133]
  Drift seed reported from beaches in Kenya. [3136]
  Drift seed reported from beaches in Gabon. [3134]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

6.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

32.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Pers.obs.

104.

  Caballe, G., 1980
    Adansonia,ser.2,20:309-320.Characteres....Entada gigas...

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1229.

  Dodson, C.H. & Gentry, A.H., 1978
    Selbyana 4(1-6):372-396 Legum.In:Flora Rio Palenque Science

1242.

  Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L., 1981
    Rhodora 83(834):161-236 A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize

1408.

  Lemee, A., 1952
    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

1604.

  Schery, R.W., 1950
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.37(2):184-314 Leguminosae-Mimosoideae

1658.

  Standley, P.C., 1937
    Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.,Bot.Ser.18(2):487-559...Costa Rica

2157.

  Liogier, A.H., 1985
    La Flore de la Espanola.III

2233.

  Zarucchi, J.L., 1993
    Specimen in MO herbarium

2304.

  Zamora, N.V., 1991
    Brenesia 36:63-149. Tratamiento ...Mimosaceae de Costa Rica

3129.

  Katz, C. & Paradine, P.J., 1999
    The drifting seed 5(3):16.Simple guide to common drift seeds

3132.

  Zies, P., 1997
    The drifting seed 3(2):6-7. Florida drift seeds

3133.

  Cadee, G.C., 1997
    The drifting seed 3(2):3-4. Tropical drift disseminules ...

3134.

  Van der Burgt, X., 1998
    The drifting seed 4(1):9-10.Drift seeds from the Netherlands

3136.

  Van der Burgt, X., 1997
    The drifting seed 3(2):5. African drift disseminules: 1

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press
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